What Shall I Say of Clothes?

Megan Cifarelliis Professor of Art History at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY. Laura Gawlinskiis Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Loyola University, Chicago.   Contributors: Emma L. Baysal(Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey), Eric Beckmann, Ayse Bursali (Koç University, Instanbul) Megan Cifarelli (Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY), Laura Gawlinski (Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Loyola University, Chicago), Maura Heyn (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Neville McFerrin(Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Sweet Briar College, US), Kiersten Neumann (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago), Hadi Özbal (Bogazici University, Instanbul), Rana Özbal (Asst Professor of Archaeology, Koç University, Instanbul), Josephine Verduci (University of Melbourne), Alissa Whitmore (US Anthropologist), Elizabeth Wueste (University of California, Berkeley), and Baris Yagci (Koç University, Instanbul).

• Acknowledgements Introduction-Megan Cifarelli and Laura Gawlinski List of Contributors Section One: Getting Dressed Gods Among Men: Fashioning the Divine Image in Assyria-Kiersten Neumann, Early Iron Age Adornment within Southern Levantine Mortuary Contexts: An Argument for Existential Significance in Understanding Material Culture-Josephine A. Verduci Section Two: Being Dressed Color-Coded: The Relationship between Color, Iconography, and Theory in Hellenistic and Roman Gemstones-Eric Beckman Fascinating Fascina: Apotropaic Magic and How to Wear a Penis-Alissa M. Whitmore Surface Tensions on Etruscan and Greek Jewelry-Alexis Q. Castor, Costly Choices: Signaling Theory and Dress in Period IVb Hasanlu, Iran-Megan Cifarelli Section Three: Dress and Identity Neolithic Blue Beads in Northwest Turkey: The Social Significance of Skeuomorphism- Ayse Bursali, Rana Özbal, Emma Baysal, Hadi Özbal, Baris Yagci Fabrics of Inclusion: Deep Wearing and the Potentials of Materiality on the Apadana Reliefs-Neville McFerrin Theorizing Religious Dress-Laura Gawlinski The Costumes and Attributes of Late Antique Honorific Monuments: Conformity and Divergence within the Public and Political Sphere-Elizabeth Wueste Western Men, Eastern Women? Dress and Cultural Identity in Roman Palmyra-Maura K. Heyn

Each chapter in this volume is a valuable contribution to ancient dress (especially those concerning the Near East and Turkey, subjects not often found in books on 'ancient' dress) and a helpful compendium on fascinating new directions in studies on ancient clothing and adornment. . . . I would count it essential reading for every scholar of costume in antiquity. --Kelly Olson, The University of Western Ontario, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2019.09.25